Thirty-two political parties and 20 governorship candidates have formed a coalition with the Peoples Democratic Party and its candidate in Bauchi State, Senator Bala Mohammed, as part of their renewed
effort to unseat incumbent Governor Muhammed Abdullahi Abubakar in the governorship elections of Saturday, March 9.The parties, according to the leader of the coalition, Bello Kirfi, announced their position to support PDP candidate on Tuesday at the end of their meeting at River Edge Hotel in Bauchi.
Others are the Independent Democrats, All Grands Alliance Party, New Generation Party, Nigeria People’s Congress, Legacy Party of Nigeria, Modern democratic Party, New Progressive Movement, Providence Peoples Congress, Peoples Trust, Advance Allied Party and the Alliance National Party. Kirfi said the effort was part of the continuation of their struggle to defeat Abubakar by supporting a candidate who has “the courage and the wherewithal” to defeat the incumbent in the 2019 election.He said people of Bauchi have a lot of confidence and respect for President Muhammad Buhari, which was evident in the votes he got in the state; “and not because we are happy with happenings in the state.
The parties said that they had perfected plans to foil an alleged plan to rig the polls, saying they would engage their supporters to protect their votes during the election.
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